The Central Bank of Kenya Act- Description of New Issue of Five Hundred Shillings Note, 1995

Legal Notice 363 of 1995

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LAWS OF KENYA

CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA ACT

THE CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA ACT- DESCRIPTION OF NEW ISSUE OF FIVE HUNDRED SHILLINGS NOTE, 1995

LEGAL NOTICE 363 OF 1995

  • Published in Kenya Gazette Vol. XCVII—No. 62 on 24 November 1995
  • Commenced on 24 November 1995
  1. [Revised by 24th Annual Supplement (Legal Notice 221 of 2023) on 31 December 2022]
The denomination, inscription, form, material and characteristics of a new five hundred shillings note to be issued by the Central Bank of Kenya shall be as follows:
1.DENOMINATION:The denomination of the note shall be shillings five hundred inscribed both in words and in figures, the latter to be inscribed on the face and the back at the four corners.
2.BASIC COLOURS:
(i)FrontThe main colour is mauve with light brown in the background.
(ii)BackThe main colour is mauve with green in the background.
3.SIZE:147. mm. X 78 mm.
4.MAIN FEATURES:
(i)FrontThe main features shall be the portrait of His Excellency Daniel Toroitich arap Moi, C.G.H., M.P., President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kenya; the Kenya Coat of Arms and a rose flower. The title of the Bank in bath Kiswahili and English shall be at the top right hand side. One set of numbers shall be in a vertical line next to the watermark and the other set shall be horizontal at the bottom right hand side. The Kiswahili inscription shall be to the right of the portrait and a conspicuous head of a lion below the watermark.
(ii)BackThe main features shall be the House of Parliament and the Parliamentary mace.
(iii)Other FeaturesThe note incorporates a watermark of a lion's head as well as a continuous security thread.
The new note will circulate alongside the present issues of Kenya currency notes and coins with effect from the 27th November, 1995.
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